Obama: North Carolina and Mississippi LGBT laws 'are wrong and should be overturned'

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Daniel Uria

President Barack Obama said that legislation regarding LGBT rights in North Carolina "are wrong and should be overturned" while speaking alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Friday. Obama addressed a question about a travel advisory put out by the United Kingdom's Foreign Office, by assuring that UK travelers would receive "extraordinary hospitality" in North Carolina and Mississippi.
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LONDON, April 23 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama called for laws that limit LGBT rights in North Carolina and Mississippi to be overturned.

Obama said North Carolina and Mississippi are "beautiful states" with "wonderful people," but said the recent legislation was partially in response to some strong emotions that are generated by people, "some of whom are good people."

"I also think that the laws that have been passed there are wrong and should be overturned," he said.

Cameron also provided some clarification about the travel advisory, saying that the Foreign Office tries to give advice dispassionately and impartially.

"Our view on any of these things is that we believe that we should be trying to use law to end discrimination rather than to embed it or enhance it," he said. "And that's something we're comfortable saying to countries and friends anywhere in the world."